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Polydesma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Polydesma

Higher classification
  
Noctuidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Tribe
  
Pandesmini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Polydesma umbricola, Noctuidae, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Trigonodes

Polydesma is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

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Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with slight basal ridges and tuft of hair. Tibia spineless and more or less hairy. Fore wings with somewhat rounded apex. Hind wings with vein 5 arise from above angle of cell. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first two pairs are rudimentary.

Species

  • Polydesma boarmoides GuenĂ©e, 1852
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • References

    Polydesma Wikipedia